mammonishadj.

Brit.

/ˈmamənɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈmæmənɪʃ/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Mammon n., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < Mammon n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare Dutch Mammonsch (1782).

Influenced by or devoted to Mammon.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adjective] > bent on or adapted to making gain > influenced by desire for wealth

mercenary1532

Mammonitish1615

merchanticala1618

mammonish1837

money-grubbing1847

mammonistic1882

get-rich-quick1891

a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. ccvi. 223 O barbarous! perfidious! mammonish! sacrilegious! to make Bargain and Sale of him that sate in God's stead over them!

1837 S. Smith Let. to Singleton in Wks. (1859) II. 258/1 This, it will be said, is a Mammonish view of the subject.

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes vi. 353 A great black devouring world not Christian, but Mammonish, Devilish.

1851 T. Parker in J. Weiss Life & Corr. T. Parker (1863) I. 381 Unitarian ministers have..generally congregations more mammonish..than the orthodox congregations.

1908 P. A. Sheehan Parerga i. xciii. 84 The narrow, mammonish, materialistic spirit that compels these farmers to send in the richness and fat of their flocks..to swell the Exchequer.

1993 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 3: Asia-Pacific (B.B.C.) 4 Dec. FE/1863/D Mankind's dignity and beautiful virtues are being cruelly trampled underfoot in a mammonish capitalist world of immoral rampages.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mammonish
释义	mammonishadj. Brit. /ˈmamənɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈmæmənɪʃ/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Mammon n., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < Mammon n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare Dutch Mammonsch (1782). Influenced by or devoted to Mammon. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adjective] > bent on or adapted to making gain > influenced by desire for wealth mercenary1532 Mammonitish1615 merchanticala1618 mammonish1837 money-grubbing1847 mammonistic1882 get-rich-quick1891 a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. ccvi. 223 O barbarous! perfidious! mammonish! sacrilegious! to make Bargain and Sale of him that sate in God's stead over them! 1837 S. Smith Let. to Singleton in Wks. (1859) II. 258/1 This, it will be said, is a Mammonish view of the subject. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes vi. 353 A great black devouring world not Christian, but Mammonish, Devilish. 1851 T. Parker in J. Weiss Life & Corr. T. Parker (1863) I. 381 Unitarian ministers have..generally congregations more mammonish..than the orthodox congregations. 1908 P. A. Sheehan Parerga i. xciii. 84 The narrow, mammonish, materialistic spirit that compels these farmers to send in the richness and fat of their flocks..to swell the Exchequer. 1993 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 3: Asia-Pacific (B.B.C.) 4 Dec. FE/1863/D Mankind's dignity and beautiful virtues are being cruelly trampled underfoot in a mammonish capitalist world of immoral rampages. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1670
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